Percentage points and relative changes are different
A movement from 94% to 96% is two percentage points. Describing it as a two-percent change loses the comparison's denominator.
The distinction that matters
Percentage-point change is subtraction. Relative change divides the difference by the original value. Expected cost uses the complementary house-edge assumption, so a small change in RTP can represent a larger relative change in expected cost while leaving actual results unpredictable.
A worked example
With fictional fixed turnover of C$1,000, 94% implies expected cost C$60 and 96% implies C$40. The cost difference is C$20, or one third of C$60. The RTP difference remains two percentage points; those are different, simultaneously true descriptions.
Your next steps
- Name the metric before stating a change.
- State whether the comparison is absolute or relative.
- Keep the original denominator visible.
- Use the same fixed turnover in both scenarios.
Where this answer stops
This is not a claim about available game configurations or a recommendation to play. A lower expected cost still represents an expected loss in these examples and does not reduce every kind of short-term risk by the same percentage.
Sources & reading
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